13 So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. (A)And he went out and came in before the people.

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13 So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led(A) the troops in their campaigns.(B)

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In times past, when Saul was king over us, (A)it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, (B)‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince[a] over Israel.’”

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Footnotes

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In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.(A) And the Lord said(B) to you, ‘You will shepherd(C) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.(D)’”

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The Lord will keep
    your (A)going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.

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the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.(A)

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And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse (A)give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,

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He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders(A) of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

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25 Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no (A)bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, (B)that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’” (C)Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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25 Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price(A) for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge(B) on his enemies.’” Saul’s plan(C) was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

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16 (A)But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.

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17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is (B)my elder daughter Merab. (C)I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me (D)and fight the Lord's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, (E)but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

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16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.(A)

17 Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter(B) Merab. I will give her to you in marriage;(C) only serve me bravely and fight the battles(D) of the Lord.” For Saul said to himself,(E) “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”

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12 And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some (A)to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.

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12 Some he will assign to be commanders(A) of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

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16 “Let the Lord, (A)the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation 17 who (B)shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (C)as sheep that have no shepherd.”

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16 “May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things,(A) appoint someone over this community 17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(B)

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